Summary
Michael Deluce, CEO of Porter Airlines, is contesting a six-figure tax bill from the CRA related to a failed high-risk trading strategy during the early COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in over $5.7 million in losses. Deluce claimed these losses as business losses on his tax filings, but the CRA determined he was not trading in a commercial manner, reclassifying the losses as capital losses, which limits his ability to offset them against income. This dispute highlights the significant financial implications of the CRA’s reassessment, which seeks over $900,000 in additional taxes from Deluce.
